30

Apr

2013

Shazam appoints new CEO as Andrew Fisher becomes Executive Chairman

Author: The Fonecast

Mobile music discovery and interactive advertising business Shazam has appointed Rich Riley as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Former CEO Andrew Fisher, who led the company since 2005, has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Chairman.

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14

Dec

2012

Brent Hoberman joins the Shazam board of directors

lastminute.com co-founder becomes an independent board member of the music tagging service

Author: The Fonecast

UK entrepreneur Brent Hoberman, best known as co-founder of lastminute.com, has joined the Shazam board of directors as an independent board member.

Shazam recently announced that its service had more than a quarter of a billion users and processed more than ten million tags per day, making it easier for consumers to identify songs and learn more about TV broadcasts.

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3

Dec

2012

Last week at The Fonecast: 3rd December 2012

Innovation, legislation and anticipation

Author: The Fonecast

Mark Bridge writes:

As the end of the year approaches, so the volume of ‘real news’ tends to reduce as it’s replaced by annual reviews and seasonal surveys. We’ll be joining in with our predictions for 2013 in a few weeks’ time... but first, here’s a look back at the biggest stories from the past seven days.

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2

Dec

2012

Shazam uses its music tagging technology to predict the hits of 2013

Author: The Fonecast

Shazam, the ‘media engagement’ company best known for its mobile music tagging technology, has published details of the most-tagged songs of 2012 and revealed its predictions of music artists it expects to hit the big time in 2013.

By comparing information about ‘breaking’ artists with trends indicated by Shazam’s data, the company expects French Montana, Bei Maejor, Aluna George, Joey Bada$$, Becky G, Angel Haze, Rhye, Tito Lopez, Baauer and Haim to become increasingly popular in 2013.

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19

Sep

2012

The new iPhone, the billionth Android device and the cancelled smartphone

Podcast - 19th September 2012

Author: The Fonecast

Although last week's Apple iPhone 5 announcement dominated the headlines, there's still plenty more to talk about.

We have a prediction about the billionth Android handset, we look at Acer's cancelled smartphone launch and we discuss the growth of mobile messaging.

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